Study confirms the low likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 on hospital surfaces is infectious

Study confirms the low likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 on hospital surfaces is infectious
Study confirms the low likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 on hospital surfaces is infectious
PLOS ONE, is the original report on recovering near-complete SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences directly from surface swabs.
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“Our team was the first to demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 virus sequences could be identified from environmental swabs collected from hospital surfaces,” said Angela Haczku, a respiratory immunologist and senior author on the study.
Changing cleaning and ICU protocols linked to lower SARS-CoV-2 contamination
In April 2020, a COVID-19 outbreak among hospital staff led an interdisciplinary team of UC Davis researchers to investigate if there was virus contamination of frequently used surfaces in patient serving ICU and staff meeting areas at the UC Davis Medical Center. At that time the role of fomites (surfaces) in spreading the disease was highly debated. They collected multiple samples during the first (April 2020) and the second (August 2020) waves of COVID-19 from surfaces and HVAC filters in the hospital.

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